"Mama, do you miss me so much that you're coming right home tome, NO MATTER WHAT?" In this second STINKY FACE title, Mama is away and tells her sonthat nothing can keep them apart. Through the boy's livelyimagination, Mama braves hungry sharks, terrible pirates,spaceships lost in time and much more to assure her son thatnothing can keep her from coming home to him.
The beloved story of the adventurous Flopsy Bunnies is now available in a board book format featuring charming original artwork from New York Times bestselling illustrator Charles Santore. Join the adventurous Flopsy Bunnies as they explore Mr. McGregor’s garden and find a heap of trouble in this enchanting edition of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale. Charming illustrations with the finest details from New York Times bestselling artist Charles Santore capture the spirit of this classic tale, printed on sturdy board stock that will withstand years and generations of repeated reading and handling. This edition is a must-have for every child’s library.
"We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna'smother said. "It will be like heaving the family in backhome Russiadance around us at night. And so it was. From a basket of old clothes,Anna's babushka, Uncle Vladimir's shirt, Aunt Havalah's nightdressand an apron of Aunt Natasha's become The Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For fourgenerations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy,and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. In strongly moving pictures that are asheartwarming as they are real, patricia Polacco tells the story ofher own family, and the quilt that remains a symbol of theirenduring love and faith.
"Tickle Time!" is the twelfth in Boynton's astoundingly successful "Boynton on Board" series. Based on the wildly popular song from Boynton's wildly popular "Rhinoceros Tap" CD, "Tickle Time!" is pure irrepressible Boynton, lively in tempo, nimble in rhyme, and filled with irresistible fuzzy cats that cavort from page to page. Plus a few birds, who aren't the cavorting type. Here's a book to turn to again and again, because it's guaranteed to elicit giggles: If you're feeling blue and you don't know what to do there is nothing like a "Tickle Time" to make you feel like new. Whether you tickle high or tickle low, tickle fast or tickle slow, it's the gitchy-gitchy-goo that makes everything worthwhile.
Say hello to LEGO[registered] Friends - LEGO's gorgeous newrange aimed exclusively at girls! Meet the characters - Andrea,Emma, Mia, Stephanie and Olivia - and have fun using your coolstickers in this brilliant activity book!
Peter Spier's characteristic panoramas are marvels of minutedetail, activity, vitality, and humor; a few of the scenes arequiescent and serenely beautiful--The Horn Book.
After a fire destroys their home and possessions, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save until they can afford to buy one big, comfortable chair that all three of them can enjoy.After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. "A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family. 这本荣获凯迪克奖的作品,从小女孩的角度讲述了火灾之后, 我 、妈妈和奶奶是如何努力攒下每一分钱,买下了一只舒服的座椅。在物质匮 乏的气氛中,没有抱怨,家的力量温暖而强大,贫民之间相助的情义十分感人。此外,温馨柔和的水彩画面也是本书的特点。
小房子每天站在山冈上看风景,除了日月星辰和四季的变化,小房子还看到乡村的景物随着挖马路、开商店、盖高楼、通地下铁……而一点一点地改变。结果,小雏菊和苹果树不见了,取而代之的是都市的乌烟瘴气和行色匆匆的人们。还好,小房子的主人的后代发现了小房子,把她移到了乡下,她又可以静静地欣赏大自然的风景了。 《小房子》问世已经有70年了,获得过1943年的凯迪克金奖。今天人们谈论它多的,还是它对现代文明的担忧和批判。急剧膨胀的都市,宛如一头长驱直入的怪兽,转瞬间就吞噬了小房子、吞噬了丘陵和丘陵上的雏菊和苹果树……即便是结尾,尽管小房子得救了,重新在一片长着小雏菊和苹果树的丘陵上找到了归宿,但还是留下了一个悬念,又有谁能保证它永远不再被现代文明吞噬呢? 这是一个美丽的故事,也是一个弥漫着
Was it Piggy, Kitty, Bunny, Dog, or Mouse? They each have amotiveA of them love cookies--but no one wants to take the blamefor this cookie caper. Play along by pulling the interactive tab oneach page, and see if you can figure out whose hand is in thecookie jar!
By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling TheLibrary Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big graycity, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerousbaker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bitbrightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces withthe flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Graceworks on her masterpiece -- an ambitious rooftop garden -- whichshe hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introducesreaders to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story istold through letters written home, while David Small'sillustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
Young children will identify with the little mouse who uses thepages of this book to document his fears - from loud noises and thedark, to being sucked down the plughole. Packed with details andnovelty elements including flaps, die-cuts and even a hilariousfold-out map, this is an extraordinary picture book. It is a winnerof the Kate Greenaway Medal 2008.
The favorite Mother Goose rhyme about the three carelesskittens who lost their mittens is given added appeal with Galdone'sbold and colorful illustrations.
READ BY JOANNA LUMLEY. Lilly and Blue Kangaroo are inseparable.Whatever Lily does, Blue Kangaroo does too. But Lily is not alwaysfair, and when she is naughty it is Blue Kangaroo who gets theblame READ BY JOANNALUMLEY.One day Lily is very bad indeed, and Blue Kangaroo is takenaway from her and placed on a shelf downstairs until he learns tobehave… But will he? In the middle ofthe night Blue Kangaroo hops down from the shelf, draws a specialpicture saying ‘sorry’ and slips it under Lily’s mum’s door. Lily’sMum wants to know who drew the lovely picture. And Lily whispers,‘It was you, Blue Kangaroo!’
It's the first day of school, and Ruby is new. When her classmate Angela wears a red bow in her hair, Ruby comes back from lunch wearing a red bow, too. When Angela wears a flowered dress, suddenly Ruby's wearing one, too. Fortunately, Ruby's teacher knows a better way to help Ruby fit in--by showing how much fun it is to be herself!
The freight train stands still at first, all owing readers tocount the cars, name their colours and iden tify their functions.Then the train picks up speed, zooming across the page in a blur ofcolour, speed and sound.